Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years : a reader and guide / general editors, Clayborne Carson ... [and others] ; managing editor Toby Kleban Levine ; research coordinator Raynard T. Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carson, Clayborne, 1944- general editor.

Levine, Toby Kleban, managing editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 355 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Reader and Guide : Eyes on the Prize America's civil rights years

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1987.

Contents:

Preface: To the Telecourse Student / Toby Kleban Levine

Introduction-We the People: The Long Journey Toward a More Perfect Union / Vincent Harding

Awakenings (1954-1956)

Fighting Back (1957-1962)

Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)

No Easy Walk (1962-1963)

Mississippi: Is This America (1962-1964)

Bridge to Freedom (1965)

We the People: The Struggle Continues

A New Black Consciousness (1966-1968)

Revolt and Repression (1967-1970)

Defining Equality: The New Legal Battle Over Race and Civil Rights (1970-1986)

Black America-A Better Life? (1970-1986)

Where Do We Go From Here? (1981-1986).

Notes:

"First published in Penguin Books 1987."

Text to be used with PBS series, Eyes on the prize.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0140099816

OCLC:

14243638